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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS r�
FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administra Costa
DATE: January 23, 1992 County
SUBJECT: Approve submission of Funding Application #29-466 to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (Office of Substance Abuse)
for the "Youth Empowerment" Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #29-466 to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $420, 410
per year for the period December 1, 1992 through November 30, 1997
for the "Youth Empowerment" Program.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
This request is for the first year of funding for a five year
program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Approval of this application by the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services will result in $420, 410 of funding for the Depart-
ment's "Youth Empowerment" Program for the period from December 1,
1992 through November 30, 1993 .
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
The Youth Empowerment Program (YEP) is an effort to test the
effectiveness of delivering a comprehensive continuum of innovative
prevention strategies developed to reduce future substance abuse
among extremely high risk youth ages 6 to 11 years old. This
program will service children whose parent(s) have an identified
substance abuse problem and who reside in narrowly defined
geographic areas of East and West Contra Costa County.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has
been forwarded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
but subject to Board approval. Three certified copies of the Board
Order authorizing submission of the application should be returned
to the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMM D ION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ONAPPROVED AS RECOMMENDED _� OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
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AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED FEB 4 1992
Auditor-Controller (Claims)
U.S. Dept. of Health Services Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Supmiwj3apdG=tyAdministrator ' .
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